Symptomatic treatment of pityriasis rosea is generally adequate, and includes topical emollients, such as white petrolatum or midpotency steroid creams and antihistamines for pruritus (6) (strength of recommendation [SOR]: A).

Pairwise comparisons indicated that the mean improvement associated with 20% arnica was greater than with white petrolatum (P = 0*003), and the improvement with arnica was greater than with the mixture of 1% vitamin K and 0*3% retinol (P = 0*01).

MoistureWorx is a moisturizing skin protection spray containing 30% white petrolatum in a nano-particle delivery system that allows users to get the skin-protecting benefits of the ingredient without the thick and oily properties that are normally associated with it.

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